31.   Colombian troops advanced toward a remote town in a restive southwestern province Sunday following a rebel assault that the army said destroyed several homes and may have killed police.

32.   Eight others perished in road accidents along the highway leading from Freetown into the interior, where the Nigerian-led troops have steadily advanced on rebel positions.

33.   Gen. Anatoly Kvashnin said his troops will advance toward the villages of Vedeno and Dargo, which he described as main bases for separatist leader Dzhokhar Dudayev.

34.   Government troops advanced close to the U.N.-controlled airport, Coward said, but then became trapped under fierce Serb artillery fire, according to Serb sources.

35.   Government troops are advancing from two directions in an effort to capture a vital roadway in northern Sri Lanka.

36.   Government troops also advanced on the Serb-held northwestern suburb of Rajlovac, east of the airport.

37.   Government troops advanced close to the U.N.-controlled airport, Coward said.

38.   He reported increased infantry fighting and said Serb claims their troops have advanced north over the Una appeared true.

39.   However, Israeli troops advance to outskirts of Beirut and war escalates.

40.   However, Ivanko, the U.N. spokesman, said he had reports that Croat and government troops advanced close to Prijedor and may have even surrounded the town itself.